(7/25/99)
"There is not one of us but what God's love has been expended upon.
There is not one of us that He has not car ed for and caressed. There
is not one of us that He has not desired to save and that He has not
devised means to save. There is not one of us that He has not given
His angels charge concerning. We may be insignificant and contemptible
in our own eyes and in the eyes of others, but the truth remains that
we are children of God and that He has actually given His angels . . .
charge concerning us, and they watch over us and have us in their
keeping." — George Q. Cannon, Gospel Truth, p. 3-4

(7/26/99)
"The transcendent love of God the Father has its counterpart in
Christ, the Son, whose redeeming sacrifice, which was voluntary and
love inspired, loosed the bonds of death and assured to all men the
blessings of the resurrection. He declared it to be His work and His
glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." —
Hugh B. Brown, The Abundant Life, p.156 - 157

(7/27/99)
"Love of God is the root of all virtue, of all goodness, of all
strength of character, of all fidelity to do r ight. Love the Lord
your God, and love his Son, and be ever grateful for their love for
us. Whenever other love fades, there will be that shining,
transcendent, everlasting love of God for each of us and the love of
his Son, who gave his life for us." —
Gordon B. Hinckley, Ricks College Regional Conference, 29 Oct. 1995

(7/28/99)
"God loved His Only Begotten Son, who was without sin, more than He
loved sinners. And yet He loved the world so much that He gave His own
Son for the redemption of the world." — Joseph F. Smith, Collected
Discourses, Volume 5 2 June 1895

(7/29/99)
"Our Heavenly Father loves us, not
because we deserve it but because he has given and sacrificed for us.
Our Savior Jesus Chris t loves us, not because we deserve it but because
he has given so much and sacrificed for us." — Robert E. Wells, The
Christ-focused Beatitudes, BYU Speeches of the Year, 20 May 1986

(7/24/01)
"God, through his Son, is the source of love (1 John 4:7–12); love is a
gift of faith received through the Spirit (1 John 4:13–16); love brings
confidence and dispels fear (1 John 4:17–18); love of God is manifest in
our love for others (1 John 4:19–21); and the ultimate reward of keeping
God’s commandment to love is to share in his Son’s victory (1 John
5:1–5)."

(7/25/01)
"If you were my earthly friend, you would win my heart by being kind to
my children. God loves his children more than any earthly parent, so
think what your kindness to his children means to him."

Henry
B. Eyring
"To Draw Closer to God,"
"Ensign," May 1991, p. 67

(8/5/01)
"Those who earnestly inquire, under the Spirit of God, will enjoy a
companionship, not only of the Spirit, but of others who seek truth.
Thomas Carlyle said, 'I have always found that the honest truth of our
own mind has a certain attraction for every other mind that loves truth
honestly.'"

(8/6/01)
"In fact, in a resurrected, otherwise perfected body, our Lord of this
sacrament table has chosen to retain for the benefit of his disciples
the wounds in his hands and his feet and his side—signs, if you will,
that painful things happen even to the pure and perfect. Signs, if you
will, that pain in this world is not evidence that God doesn’t love you.
It is the wounded Christ who is the captain of our soul—he who yet bears
the scars of sacrifice, the lesions of love and humility and
forgiveness."

(8/7/01)
"In some way—ultimately incomprehensible to mortals—the Son of God took
upon himself the punishment for the sins of all mankind. And since his
sacrifice was 'infinite and eternal' (see Alma 34:10–14), he satisfied
the demands of justice and mercy and can offer forgiveness to those
whose sins he has borne. This offer is a gift—the scriptures often use
the term grace—that the Savior extends because of his great love for
us."

S.
Michael Wilcox
"I Have a Question,"
"Ensign," June 1991, p. 51

(7/26/05)"God is perfect and omnipotent, and
you and I are mortal. But he is our Father, he loves us, and he offers
the same opportunity to draw closer to him as would a loving friend.
And you will do it in much the same way: speaking, listening, and
doing." - Henry B. Eyring, "To
Draw Closer to God," Ensign, May 1991, 66

2/11/06"To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is
all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor. It is
total commitment of our very being—physically, mentally, emotionally,
and spiritually—to a love of the Lord.

"The breadth, depth, and height of this love of God extend into every
facet of one's life. Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should
be rooted in a love of the Lord. Our thoughts and affections should be
centered on the Lord. 'Let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord,'
said Alma, 'yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord
forever' (Alma
37:36)." - Ezra Taft Benson, "The
Great Commandment—Love the Lord," Ensign (CR), May 1988, p.4

4/28/06"In the midst of God's plan and the
universe's incredible vastness is incredible personalness. For example,
'[God] looketh down upon all the children of men; and he knows all the
thoughts and intents of the heart' (Alma
18:32; see also Isa.
66:18)." - Neal A. Maxwell, "How
Choice a Seer!," Ensign (CR), November 2003, p.99

5/3/06
"I testify this morning of God's limitless love for his children, of his
unquenchable desire to help us heal our wounds, individually and
collectively. He is our Father, and Wordsworth wrote more than he knew
when he said we came to earth 'trailing clouds of glory'... from God who
is our home' ('Ode: Intimations of Immortality'). But in far too many
cases we find no modern belief in a Heavenly Father, and when there is a
belief, it is too often an erroneous one. God is not dead, and he is not
an absentee landlord. God is not uncaring, or capricious, or
cantankerous. Above all, he is not some sort of divine referee trying to
tag us off third base.

"The first and great commandment on earth is for us to love God with all
our heart, might, mind, and strength (see D&C
59:5; Matt.
22:37) because surely the first and great promise in heaven is
that he will always love us that way." - Jeffrey R. Holland, "Look
to God and Live," Ensign (CR), November 1993, p.13

5/25/06
"Alma emphasized the importance of having the love of God always in your
hearts (Alma 13:29).
Charity is that love. Charity is a gift of the Spirit, for 'all things
which are good cometh of God' (Moro.
7:12). And this gift is multiplied as it is used.

"Both the giver and the receiver are blessed. For charity purifies and
sanctifies all it touches, and 'whoso is found possessed of it at the
last day, it shall be well with him' (Moro.
7:47).

"The greatest acts of charity come from giving of yourself and receiving
expressions of charity with humility as well." - Elaine L. Jack, "Strengthened
in Charity," Ensign (CR), November 1996, p.91

8/8/06
"Did you know that Heavenly Father knows you personally—by name? The
scriptures teach us that this is true. When Enos went into the woods to
pray, he recorded, 'There came a voice unto me, saying: Enos,
thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.' (Enos
1:5; emphasis added.) Moses not only prayed but also talked to God
face-to-face, and God said to Moses, 'I have a work for thee, Moses,
my son.' (Moses 1:6;
emphasis added.) The Lord knew Jacob's name and changed it to Israel to
more accurately reflect his mission on the earth. (See Bible
Dictionary, 'Israel,' 708.) Similarly, He changed the names of
Paul and Abraham and Sarah. In Doctrine and Covenants, section 25, Emma
Smith is given a blessing for her comfort and guidance in life. The Lord
begins this blessing by saying, 'Hearken unto the voice of the Lord your
God, while I speak unto you, Emma Smith, my daughter.' (D&C
25:1; emphasis added.)

"You may not have heard the Lord call you by name, but He knows each one
of you and He knows your name. Elder Neal A. Maxwell said: 'I testify to
you that God has known you individually ... for a long, long time
(see D&C
93:23). He has loved you for a long, long time. He not only knows
the names of all the stars (see Ps.
147:4; Isa.
40:26); He knows your names and all your heartaches and your
joys!' ("Remember
How Merciful the Lord Hath Been," Liahona and Ensign, May 2004,
p.46.)" - Elaine S. Dalton, "He
Knows You by Name," Ensign, (CR) May 2005

11/9/06
"To all of you who think you are lost or without hope, or who think you
have done too much that was too wrong for too long, to every one of you
who worry that you are stranded somewhere on the wintry plains of life
and have wrecked your handcart in the process, this conference calls out
Jehovah's unrelenting refrain, '[My] hand is stretched out still.' 'I
shall lengthen out mine arm unto them,' He said, '[and even if they]
deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, … if they will
repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day
long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.' His mercy endureth forever, and His
hand is stretched out still. His is the pure love of Christ, the charity
that never faileth, that compassion which endures even when all other
strength disappears." - Jeffrey R. Holland, "Prophets
in the Land Again," Ensign, November 2006

9/10/07"How can we know that God is aware
of us and loves us? He tells us by the scriptures—likewise, by our
honestly counting the blessings and bestowals of His grace in our lives.
Most of all, He tells us by the still, small voice of the Spirit! (see Alma
34:38; D&C
78:17-19)." - Neal A. Maxwell, "Encircled
in the Arms of His Love," Ensign (CR), November 2002, p.16

5/21/08"O,
my brethren and sisters, when I think of what God has done for us in
this daily temporal life of ours; in this being that we have here, the
clothing that we wear, the air we breathe, the food to eat, and all
are daily given as manifestations of the munificent gifts of God. We
think it was a wonderful thing that He sent manna down to feed Israel:
but every day we have as wonderful a miracle in the things that we
have to subsist upon in this world as the result of God's munificent
gifts unto us. I rejoice in the many things that He has done. Many
people ask how they can trust Him, and how they can believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ when they have not seen Him, or seen a miracle. You
do not need to see Him. There is one thing, if He had done no other
that ought to bring forth such confidence in our hearts, and trust in
him, that we could not doubt His love for us. I refer to His most
precious of all gifts. I do not diminish any other gift of God to man,
but I do value above all other things the gift of His Son Jesus Christ
to the world."
- Melvin J. Ballard, "Conference Report," October 1910,
Overflow Meeting, p.82 - 84

12/5/08
"It shouldn't surprise us
that God gives so much individual attention to humans or to the divine
design in the tiny DNA molecule. God 'is
in the details'—of the galaxies,
of the DNA molecule, but, even more important, He 'is
in the details' of our lives."
- Henry B. Eyring, ed., "On Becoming a Disciple Scholar," p.14

12/13/08"When we understand who God
is, who we are, how He loves us, and what His plan is for us, fear
evaporates. When we get the tiniest glimpse of these truths, our concern
over worldly things vanishes. To think we actually fall for Satan’s lies
that power, fame, or wealth is important is truly laughable—or would be
were it not so sad." - John H. Groberg, "The Power of God’s Love,"
Ensign (CR), November 2004, p.9

6/30/09“God
accomplishes His purposes heart to heart. The prophet Nephi helps us
to understand this: ‘It is the love of God, which sheddeth itself
abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most
desirable above all things.’ (1 Ne. 11:22.)

“The
depth and magnitude of God's love for all of His children is
emphasized in the writings of John: ‘For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.’ (John 3:16.)” - David
B. Haight, “Love All,” Ensign (CR), November 1982, p. 10

12/12/09“God
does not look on the outward appearance. I believe that He doesn’t
care one bit if we live in a castle or a cottage, if we are handsome
or homely, if we are famous or forgotten. Though we are incomplete,
God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us
perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God’s love
encompasses us completely.” – Dieter F.
Uchtdorf, “The Love of God,” Ensign, November 2009

12/13/09
“There is no greater evidence of the infinite power and perfection of
God’s love than is declared by the Apostle John: ‘For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son’ (John
3:16). Another Apostle wrote that God ‘spared not his own Son,
but delivered him up for us all’ (Romans
8:32). Think how it must have grieved our Heavenly Father to
send His Son to endure incomprehensible suffering for our sins. That
is the greatest evidence of His love for each of us!” – Dallin
H. Oaks, “Love and Law,” Ensign, November 2009

12/25/09“Love
is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way
towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of
life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for
others. There is no surprise in that, since the Lord proclaimed those
as the first and great commandments. It is love of God that will lead
us to keep His commandments. And love of others is at the heart of our
capacity to obey Him.” – Henry B. Eyring,
“Our Perfect Example,” Ensign, November 2009

2/3/10“Oh,
the height and the depth of divine love, the love of God for his
children here upon the earth! We are put under an obligation that we
never can repay in this life or in the life to come. The greatness of
this sacrifice cannot be measured, cannot be fully understood by
mortal man; but, nevertheless, we can get the benefit of it by faith
and obedience to the commandments of God. That is what he requires,
and I was going to say how simple it is to keep the commandments of
God, and yet it may not be so simple, and it may not be so easy,
because Satan very well knows the mark of our high calling, and he is
seeking continually to lead away the Saints of God from the path of
rectitude and from the path of life, but after all, my brethren and
sisters, through faith and prayer and diligence, we will surely
prevail.” - Rudger Clawson, “Conference
Report,” October 1921, Afternoon Session, p. 36

8/27/10
"We teach that God's love for His children is infinite. Regardless of
race, nationality, or gender, He loves all of them. He has done so from
the beginning and will continue to do so. He invites all to gain eternal
exaltation for their family. His work and His glory is to bring to pass
the immortality and eternal life—the exaltation—of His children. 'For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.'" - Russell M. Nelson, "Generations Linked in Love," Ensign (CR)
May 2010

9/18/11We know little of the will of
the Lord, yet we judge the Lord often with our small wisdom. I speak to
those who now walk the deep water of life or the rivers of sorrow. I
testify to you that the Lord loves you, and Jesus Christ will never
forget you! The Lord has said, “My son [or daughter], … all these things
shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.” (D&C
122:7.) - Yoshihiko
Kikuchi, "Count
Your Blessings," Ensign (CR) April 1984

1/5/12The
Lord's response to us is always filled with love. Should not our response
to Him be in kind, with real feelings of love? He gives grace (or
goodness) for grace, attribute for attribute. As our obedience increases,
we receive more grace (or goodness) for the grace we return to Him. Offer
Him the refinement of your attributes, so that when He does appear you
will be like Him. - Gene R. Cook, "Charity:
Perfect and Everlasting Love," Ensign (CR), May 2002, p.821/28/12
God loves every one of his children—of that we are absolutely assured, we
know it in our hearts—but God needs instruments of his love. He needs
those who can carry his love and make it meaningful and personal in the
lives of others. The shepherd’s search for the lost sheep was a mission of
grace and so was the joyful journey of the forgiving father when he ran to
meet the penitent prodigal who had come to himself and had, with
trepidation, started home. - Marion D. Hanks, "Gifts
You Can't Wrap," New Era, December 19722/25/12
“In all their afflictions he was afflicted. And the angel of his presence
saved them, and in his love, and in his pity, he redeemed them, and bore
them, and carried them all the days of old” (D&C
133:52–53).

It seems evident that the Lord is afflicted each time we are afflicted,
that he will send angels to help us, and that in his love he helps us
daily, whether we know it or not. How our hearts ought to be drawn out in
gratitude for the grace of the Father and the Son! - Gene
R. Cook, "The
Grace of the Lord," New Era, December 19885/11/12
God’s love fills the immensity of space; therefore, there is no shortage
of love in the universe, only in our willingness to do what is needed to
feel it. To do this, Jesus explained we must “love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, … soul, … strength, and … mind; and thy neighbour as
thyself” (Luke 10:27). - John H. Groberg, "The Power of God's Love,"
Ensign (CR) November 20048/27/12All the world needs to be taught
of the great redeeming power of the Savior’s love. He loves us so much
he has promised to forgive us of those things we do that are wrong and
remember them no more if we will only repent and come unto him (see D&C
58:42). He loves us so much that he was willing to pay the price
for those sins. He suffered for us. He died for us. He said, Come follow
me; cast your burdens on the Lord. His desire is to lift us, to help us,
to guide us, to save us. - Rex D. Pinegar, "The
Gift of Love," Ensign (CR) November 19788/31/12As
we step back and try to understand this love of God, we are astounded
by its profound impact. At its center is the reality of a literal
Father in Heaven whose love for His children knows no bounds. All
truths, wisdom, power, goodness, and love He desires to share with His
children, whom He created and sent to earth. He would have us reach up
and know Him as a Father, as one who forgives, as a helper, as friend,
as lawgiver—as one anxious to grant to every man the full opportunity
of His love and potential and ultimately the blessing to one day
become like Him. This love from Father in Heaven and its effects upon
one of His children or the whole world is miraculous and contagious.
He is constantly and everlastingly watching over us to lovingly and
gently nudge us along. - James M. Paramore, "Love
One Another," Ensign (CR) May 19819/5/12The Almighty is blessing his
church and his people. He is watching over them. He neither slumbers
nor sleeps as he guides, directs, and moves in his own “mysterious way
His wonders to perform.” (Hymns, no. 48.) - Gordon B. Hinckley, "He
Slumbers Not, Nor Sleeps," Ensign (CR) May 198311/9/12The world is not just a watch that the
Lord wound up and left to run down. By the exercise of faith men can
call upon God and obtain his help in fulfillment of the promises he has
made. Also, of his own volition, God intervenes and controls the affairs
of men, of nations, and the very elements that make up the universe when
this is necessary for the preservation of his divine purposes. - Henry
D. Moyle, Conference Report, April 1963, Second Day Morning Meeting,
p.4411/11/12The faith that God is concerned
with the affairs of men has been a source of comfort and strength to the
generations of mankind. It has assured puny man, infinitely small as he
appears in the midst of universal vastness, that he is under the
watch-care of his Heavenly Father. This faith has inspired him to mighty
works, and has given him courage to meet the diverse issues of life.
Without this faith, man could live only a faltering, doubting life. With
it, certainty and gladness enter the heart, as in the words of David,
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters." - James Talmage, "An Understandable Religion," p. 42

7/16/13Life has its share of some fear
and some failure. Sometimes things fall short, don’t quite measure
up. Sometimes in both personal and public life, we are seemingly
left without strength to go on. Sometimes people fail us, or
economies and circumstance fail us, and life with its hardship and
heartache can leave us feeling very alone. But when such difficult moments
come to us, I testify that there is one thing which will never, ever
fail us. One thing alone will stand the test of all time, of all
tribulation, all trouble, and all transgression. One thing only
never faileth—and that is the pure love of Christ. - Jeffrey
R. Holland, "He
Loved Them unto the End," Ensign (CR) November 19897/31/13Can
you imagine the joy our Heavenly Father must feel when we come
to him with the tender faith of a little child and accept the
love he has for each of us? He wants us to come to him and has
promised that he will be there to welcome us. In the Doctrine
and Covenants he has said, “Draw near unto me and I will draw
near unto you.” (D&C
88:63.) This is our invitation from our Father in Heaven
to share in the wondrous blessings he has in store for us. - J.
Thomas Fyans, "Draw
Near unto Me," Ensign (CR) November 19858/2/13You
may not have heard the Lord call you by name, but He knows each one
of you and He knows your name. Elder Neal A. Maxwell said: “I
testify to you that God has known you individually … for a long,
long time (see D&C
93:23). He has loved you for a long, long time. He not only
knows the names of all the stars (see Ps.
147:4; Isa.
40:26); He knows your names and all your heartaches and your
joys!” - Elaine S. Dalton, "He
Knows You by Name," Ensign (CR) May 20059/5/13May
it help you to feel an expanded awareness of the Savior’s deep
personal involvement in each individual life. He is real. He is
near, and he loves more than we can comprehend. - Ruth
H. Funk, "Come,
Listen to a Prophet's Voice," Ensign (CR) November 19789/29/13
We will know of God’s love for us. We will understand that we do not
ever walk alone. I promise you that you will one day stand aside and
look at your difficult times, and you will realize that He was
always there beside you. - Thomas
S. Monson, "Women's Conference, September 20132/12/14
I love the Savior. I feel that as he hung upon the cross and looked
out over the dark scene, he saw more than mocking soldiers and cruel
taunters. He saw more than crying women and fearful friends. He
remembered and saw even more than women at wells or crowds on hills
or throngs by seashores. He saw more, much more. He, who knows all
and has all power, saw through the stream of time. His huge,
magnanimous, loving soul encompassed all eternity and took in all
people and all times and all sins and all forgiveness and all
everything. Yes, he saw down to you and to me and provided us an
all-encompassing opportunity to escape the terrible consequences of
death and sin. - John H. Groberg,
“The
Beauty and Importance of the Sacrament,” Ensign (CR) May
19893/4/14Jesus Christ was filled with
unfathomable love as He endured incomprehensible pain, cruelty, and
injustice for us. Through His love for us, He rose above otherwise
insurmountable barriers. His love knows no barriers. He invites us
to follow Him and partake of His unlimited love so we too may rise
above the pain and cruelty and injustice of this world and help and
forgive and bless. - John H.
Groberg, “The
Power of God’s Love,” Ensign (CR) November 20043/13/14Do
we frequently reject the Lord’s love that He pours out upon us in
much more abundance than we are willing to receive? Do we think we
have to be perfect in order to deserve His love? When we allow
ourselves to feel “encircled about eternally in the arms of his
love,” we feel safe, and we realize that we don’t need to be
immediately perfect. We must acknowledge that perfection is a
process. This is a gospel of eternal progress, and we must remember
to appreciate the journey. Eternal means “without beginning or end,”
so the encircling of His love is there for us every day. Remember,
it’s constant—even when we don’t recognize it. I love Nephi’s
description of this great gift: “The love of God … sheddeth itself
abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the
most desirable above all things … and the most joyous to the soul.”
I testify that this is true. - Bonnie
D. Parkin, “Eternally
Encircled in His Love,” Ensign (CR) November 20063/14/14
Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of the pathway of
discipleship. It comforts, counsels, cures, and consoles. It leads
us through valleys of darkness and through the veil of death. In the
end love leads us to the glory and grandeur of eternal life. - Joseph
B. Wirthlin, “The
Great Commandment,” Ensign (CR) November 20077/31/14Beyond comprehension, my brothers
and sisters, is the love of God for us. Because of this love, He
sent His Son, who loved us enough to give His life for us, that we
might have eternal life. As we come to understand this incomparable
gift, our hearts will be filled with love for our Eternal Father,
for our Savior, and for all mankind. - Thomas
S. Monson, “Love—the
Essence of the Gospel,” Ensign (CR) May 201412/19/14Brothers
and sisters, if God loves us enough to send us prophets, then
we need to love Him enough to follow them. Following the
prophets will help protect us against the storms of life and
lead us to Christ. - Sheldon
F. Child, "A
Sure Foundation," Ensign (CR), November 20032/25/15We
need to know that He sees the good in us. Feeling His love
encourages us to press forward, reassures us that we are His, and
confirms to us that He cherishes us even when we stumble and
experience temporary setbacks. - Bonnie
D. Parkin, “Eternally
Encircled in His Love,” Ensign (CR) October 20063/2/15My
prayer for each of us is that we will remember when the Lord has
spoken His peace to us and has encircled us in the arms of His love.
And just as important, will you, if you haven’t felt that love for a
while, seek to see it and feel it as you go about the ordinary tasks
of your life. As you do this, over the days and months and years of
your life, the memories of those interactions with the Lord will
become sweet gifts to open a second time—or many times—to bolster
you when life is difficult. - Kathleen
H. Hughes, “Remembering
the Lord’s Love,” Ensign (CR) October 20068/7/15But we
should be earnestly seeking and striving to correct and improve our
own attitude and our own behavior. God has so ordained it. He loves
us and believes in us and has done and will do anything he can to
help us, but he will not impose on our free agency. "We love him,"
says the scripture, "because he first loved us." (1
Jn. 4:19.) He does not love us because we love him; he loves
us unconditionally. - Marion D.
Hanks, "Agency
and Love," Ensign (CR), November 1983, p. 218/30/15
When faced with the agony of Gethsemane where he endured such pain
that his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to
the ground, he exemplified the epitome of true love, the pinnacle of
perfection by saying, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup
from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done." (Luke
22:42.) - Thomas S. Monson,
"Pathways to Perfection," p. 1805/30/16When
filled with God's love, we can do and see and understand things that we
could not otherwise do or see or understand. Filled with His love, we
can endure pain, quell fear, forgive freely, avoid contention, renew
strength, and bless and help others in ways surprising even to us. - John
H. Groberg, “The
Power
of God's Love,” Ensign (CR), November 2004, p.9

8/15/16Jesus lived with the poor. He appeared as one of them. He
cast his lot with the lowly and dejected classes of society. You will
recall when John the Baptist sent his disciples to be reassured, Jesus
said, “Tell John the poor have the gospel preached to them.” (See Luke
7:22.) Can you think of any leader aspiring to greatness and
recognition who ever thought of beginning with the poor? Please
remember that the higher circles were open to him, but he never
deserted the meek and the humble. He remained their friend.Was not
this a manifestation of his great love? - Alma
Sonne, “Conference Report,” October 1963, Second Day-Morning
Meeting, p.54

10/4/16
Oh, it is wonderful to know that our Heavenly Father loves us—even
with all our flaws! His love is such that even should we give up
on ourselves, He never will. - Joseph
B. Wirthlin, “The
Great Commandment,” Ensign (CR) November 2007

10/17/16
The Bible tells us that “God is love.” He is the perfect
embodiment of love, and we rely heavily on the constancy and
universal reach of that love. As President Thomas S. Monson has
expressed: “God’s love is there for you whether or not you feel
you deserve love. It is simply always there.” – D.
Todd Christofferson, “Abide
in My Love,” Ensign (CR) November 2016

3/25/17There
are
many ways to describe and speak of divine love. One of the terms we
hear often today is that God’s love is “unconditional.” While in one
sense that is true,
the descriptor unconditional appears nowhere in scripture. Rather,
His love is described in scripture as “great and wonderful love,”
“perfect love,” “redeeming
love,” and “everlasting love.” These are better terms because the
word unconditional can convey mistaken impressions about divine
love, such as, God
tolerates and excuses anything we do because His love is
unconditional, or God makes no demands upon us because His love is
unconditional, or all are saved in
the heavenly kingdom of God because His love is unconditional. God’s
love is infinite and it will endure forever, but what it means for
each of us depends
on how we respond to His love. – D.
Todd
Christofferson, “Abide
in
My Love,” Ensign (CR) November 2016